AI in Work: Make your voice heard!
AI is changing work – and workers need a say in what happens next!
Artificial intelligence is developing at extraordinary speed. Technology companies are making huge investments in AI, while some of the same executives behind this expansion are warning that increasingly powerful AI could pose serious risks to society – and even potentially to humanity itself.
That contradiction raises an important question: If AI is powerful enough to transform our economy and our lives, who should have a say in how it is developed and used?
For Unite, the answer cannot simply be company bosses and shareholders.
Workers need a voice. We want to hear your voice! Please complete our survey HERE and let us know what you think! (the survey should take about five minutes)
mickie Said,
October 2, 2026 @ 9:13 am
AI is definitely going to take our jobs if we don’t stop it. Lydia is a perfect example. IT starts off with us training it and correcting it, doing the heavy work for those up top under the guise of “efficiency” but in the long run it will replace us when it has an extremely high degree of accuracy. AI can benefit the every day person but in the work place it’s the ringing bell before the death of the job.
Lucy Down Said,
October 6, 2026 @ 9:39 am
AI is a great tool but i fear that the more it advances, the less need there will be for human job roles which concerns me a great deal.
Matty Said,
October 6, 2026 @ 9:48 am
Idea of Ai may sound appealing to some but its very core design is to be efficent as possible, and that does mean to make Ai more efficent at doing its own taskts it will end up with companies letting go of empoloyees so they can devote more money into their Ai over training real people. It some cases its even show over reliance on Ai makes people more stupid which gives companies more grounds to get rid of people to make use for more and more Ai, why should we use a toll that effects our grey matter and our ability to think comprehensively???
Ai really negatively impacts our echosystems and climate, using precious resoruces to keep it going causing negative effects to local echosystems and the tempreture of the surrounding area and the planet as a whole, to point it probably will end up pushing the world over a tipping point, heck its october and its 19c. it shouldnt be that in october!!
End of day Ai is a something only really the big tech companies and billinoars want, it’s a scam that doesnt make any real money and they want to gamble with our futures so the small little robot in their phone can generate so silly images for them or summerise their own workload cause they dont want to do the work themselves.
Jordan Pearsall Said,
October 6, 2026 @ 3:51 pm
As someone who uses AI on a daily basis it is extremely helpful in a way that makes day to day activity a little easier/better.
AI does have a bad stigma at the moment which is understandable but it can also be treated just like any other new tool that is out there. We all had to get used to the internet when it started progressing they way it has but we all learnt to live with it and used it for all different purposes. Google maps is the biggest example of technology progressing rapidly. We went from paper maps to using mobile maps.
AI can be treated in the exact same manor- yes its scary but, that’s because its new and developing rapidly.
In the grand scheme of things i believe AI does have a place in the world as long as its used correctly and for the right reasons. This is where i believe educating people on its uses and capabilities is important to help change the negative stigma it has
Luke Said,
October 7, 2026 @ 7:48 am
The industrial revolution. People were assured that their jobs would be safe and that mechanisation would not replace the worker.
The dawn of the internet. A ‘tool’ that will help enhance existing jobs but in no means replace them. Fast forward 40 years I think this notion has proven to be incorrect.
AI. Reassurance that ‘we don’t want to replace you; it is a tool to make your jobs easier’. See a pattern emerging? And each time the worker has fallen for it.
AI, by its very nature will inevitably (and in many cases already has) take hundreds of thousands of jobs in all areas of the working landscape, no position is safe or unaffected. We are past the pivot point now to prevent this from happening however we are still in a position to lessen its impact and partially control the negative effect it will have on millions of workers.
Aside from the physical replacement of workers, AI in itself has a huge impact on the capability and intelligence of those using it and we are yet to see the long term effects of this.
The need for simple problem solving skills and critical thinking are slowly being removed, not to mention AI stunting creativity. As humans, all of these skills are a core part of who we are and have got us where are today and I cannot think of anything sadder than surrendering these assets under the guise of progression.
Jo Evitts Said,
October 7, 2026 @ 9:15 am
I think AI used to assist people doing their jobs is a great thing. If utilised well it can enhance your work and make it more professional however i do think some people are relying on it to heavily and this over time will diminish thinking and skills.
Look at how many teenagers can’t spell anymore due to predictive text on a phone, this is a far wider scale.
My issue isn’t that AI will replace our jobs, its more the anxiety that people feel because they THINK it will. This leads to added stress, performance issues and less job security. AI works quickly and rarely makes an error so workers try to keep up and just can’t so end up comparing themselves, unfairly to a system.
I’m also a little older so don’t use AI on the scale some others do which can make me feel a bit outdated when its being discussed in meetings etc.
Muhammad Saeed Said,
October 7, 2026 @ 9:41 am
AI is a great tool and used correctly it can help with certain aspects of life, however i believe integrating it within our work will allow it to dictate how we do our work without using our own initiative and it will cause further complications for the working people who want to succeed without this growing technology.AI needs to be controlled and not within our workspace.